White Flint - North Bethesda Center

Location

East side of Rockville Pike between Marinelli and Old Georgetown Roads, Rockville, MD

Approximately 32 acres

24 minutes from Metro Center

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Project

Three office buildings

Either a fourth office building or a hotel

Four apartment buildings

Approximately 200,000 sf of retail space

Overall, the project is planned for 2,700,000 sf, evenly split between commercial and residential uses.

Montgomery County’s vision for the White Flint area, as reflected in the sector plan approved by the Montgomery County Council on March 23, 2010, is to create a new urban/suburban downtown similar to Bethesda. The plan for North Bethesda Center reflects that vision. The focal point is planned to be a new retail oriented, pedestrian friendly Main Street, perpendicular to Rockville Pike and accessed via a new bridge to be constructed over the rail tracks, approximately half way between Old Georgetown Road and Marinelli Road (see site plan above). Blocks A, B, and C on the plan include proposed office buildings. Blocks E, F, G, and H are apartment buildings including a grocery store in Block E. A hotel or 4th office building is shown as the "L" shaped building between Block A and the rail tracks. One phase has been completed and another should commence in the Spring of 2010:

Currently completed: Phase I (Block E on the site plan) containing the 312 unit Wentworth House apartments and the 65,000 sf Harris Teeter grocery

Next Phase: Phase II, the southern half of Block C, a 362,000 sf expansion of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters, which is now located on the south side of Marinelli Road. The LEED Silver certified building is expected to add approximately 6,500 daily trips to the White Flint Metrorail station.

Metro Facilities

The White Flint Metrorail Station

Tunnel under Rockville Pike connecting to the east side of the Pike and leading to the Montgomery County Conference Center